Acoustic measurement and models for sensors and arrays (Joint with Signal Processing in Acoustics)
Recent advancement of theoretical or numerical model and devices, in acoustic sensor/array measurement and calibration

Magnetostriction in Galfenol and its applications
Recent materials advances in Galfenol and applications in acoustics and vibration

Geophysical acoustics (Joint with Signal Processing in Acoustics)
Advances in acoustics for geophysical exploration: seismic technology, borehole acoustics, design and modeling of acoustic transducers for downhole and surface applications, crosswell acoustics, acoustics of rock-porous media, and advances in signal processing and data analysis for acoustic well logging and seismic applications

EDUCATION IN ACOUSTICS (ED)

Hands-on experiments for high school students
Experiments for high school students

Historical teaching and research acoustic apparatus
Descriptions of both teaching and research apparatus that is antique or historical and no longer in use, except possibly in museums

"Project Listen Up" (Joint with ASA Student Council)
Descriptions of acoustic demonstrations, laboratory experiments or discovery activities for learners of all ages. Apparatus may be shown but the talks should focus on concepts, explanations, diagrams and drawings with an emphasis on careful scientific approach

MUSICAL ACOUSTICS (MU)

Acoustics of free-reed instruments
Wide range of studies on free-reed instruments and playing techniques with a focus on the accordion and concertina

Acoustics of percussion instruments
Wide range of studies on percussion instruments and playing techniques

A man for all seasons: Tribute to Robert T. Beyer
(Joint with Engineering Acoustics)
Professor Beyer's career expressed as a portrait as seen through the eyes of his students and colleagues

40th anniversary of the KZK equation (Joint with Biomedical Ultrasound/Bioresponse to Vibration)
Past and present studies of nonlinear sound beams based on the Khokhlov-Zabolotskaya/Kuznetsov (KZK) equation, including mathematical properties, methods of solution, and applications of this equation

Light and sound in science, engineering, and medicine (Joint with Biomedical Ultrasound/Bioresponse to Vibration and
Engineering Acoustics)
Synergistic use of light and sound for sensing, imaging, and inducing physical effects

Categorization of animal acoustic signals (Joint with Animal Bioacoustics, Acoustical Oceanography and
Underwater Acoustics)
Fundamental signal processing methodologies that could be applied to categorization of animal acoustic signals; contributions expected on classification and detection, along with Bayesian methods for recognition and estimation problems

Time-frequency theory and applications
Theory and applications of various time-frequency methods used in acoustic signal processing. This includes, Wigner distributions, Zak transforms, fractional Fourier transforms and other related methods

Kalman and particle filters in acoustics
Theory and the importance and applicability of Kalman and particle filters to all areas of acoustics

SPEECH COMMUNICATION (SC)

Advances in speech synthesis
Focuses on recent developments in speech and voice synthesis with emphasis on theoretical motivations and variations across applications

Fluid–structure interaction in voice production: Experiments and modeling
Experimental and numerical studies of the glottal flow, vocal fold vibration, and their interaction

Perceptual learning and adaptation in speech
Recent research on how listeners learn to adapt to variability in speech including foreign-accented, degraded, and disordered speech

STRUCTURAL ACOUSTICS AND VIBRATION (SA)

Emerging applications of structural acoustics in energy and power generation
Modeling and prediction of vibro-acoustic characteristics of power generation systems

Structural acoustics and vibrations in nano-materials (Joint with Physical Acoustics and Engineering Acoustics)
Special dynamic properties, acoustics, and vibration absorption in nano-materials

Progress in modeling complex and dynamic acoustic and oceanographic characteristics of continental shelves and slopes (Joint with Acoustical Oceanography)
Characterization of the environmental variability present on continental slopes and shelves and its effects on acoustic propgation

Reverberation measurements and modeling
Reverberation measurements; modeling papers are encouraged in both intensity and pressure time series

A "Hot Topics" session sponsored by the Tutorials Committee will cover the fields of Acoustical Oceanography, Biomedical Ultrasound/Bioresponse to Vibration and Noise.

OPEN MEETINGS OF TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

Technical Committees will hold open meetings on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings. These are working, collegial meetings. Much of the work of the Society is accomplished by actions that originate and are taken in these meetings including proposals for special sessions, workshops and technical initiatives. All meeting participants are cordially invited to attend these meetings and to participate actively in the discussions.

ONLINE MEETING PAPERS

The ASA provides the "Meeting Papers Online" website where authors of papers to be presented at meetings will be able to post their full papers or presentation materials for others who are interested in obtaining detailed information about meeting presentations. The online site will be open for author submissions in September. Submission procedures and password information will be mailed to authors with the acceptance notices.

The upcoming meeting of the Acoustical Society of America will have a published proceedings, and submission is optional. The proceedings will be a separate volume of the online journal, "Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics" (POMA). This is an open access journal, so that its articles are available in pdf format without charge to anyone in the world for downloading. Authors who are scheduled to present papers at the meeting are encouraged to prepare a suitable version in pdf format that will appear in POMA. The format requirements for POMA are somewhat more stringent than for posting on the ASA Online Meetings Papers Site, but the two versions could be the same. The posting at the Online Meetings Papers site, however, is not archival, and posted papers will be taken down six months after the meeting. The POMA online site for submission of papers from the meeting will be opened at the same time when authors are notified that their papers have been accepted for presentation. It is not necessary to wait until after the meeting to submit one's paper to POMA. Further information regarding POMA can be found at the site http://asa.aip.org/poma.html. Published papers from previous meetings can be seen at the site http://scitation.aip.org/POMA.

MEETING PROGRAM

A complete meeting program will be mailed as Part 2 of the October issue of JASA. Abstracts will be available on the ASA Home
Page http://asa.aip.org in September.

Authors should use only one method of abstract submission, i.e., via the web or by postal mail. For abstracts submitted by postal mail, send one original paper-copy abstract to the Technical Program Cochairs:

Nicholas P. Chotiros

c/o Elaine Moran

Acoustical Society of America

Suite 1NO1

2 Huntington Quadrangle

Melville, NY 11747-4502, USA

Tel: (516) 576-2360

ALL ABSTRACTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MONDAY, 22 JUNE 2009. This deadline will be strictly enforced. Abstracts submitted after 22 June 2009 will not be accepted. Authors should allow at least 5 days for delivery of paper-copy abstracts by U.S. or Canadian mail, 2 days for express mail, and 10 days for international air mail. FACSIMILE TRANSMITTED ABSTRACTS OR ABSTRACTS SENT BY E-MAIL WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Contributors submitting abstracts via the web will receive acknowledgment that their abstracts have been received in the form of a Resubmission number and PIN on the final page of the submission process. Contributors submitting abstracts by postal mail who desire notification of receipt of their abstracts should include self-addressed postcards. Acceptance notices will be sent to authors in August by postal mail.

ABSTRACT LIMITATIONS

A contributor in Speech Communication may be the principal author of only one paper, and, subject to time and space limitations, may be the co-author of only one additional paper. Authors contributing papers in Speech Communication are also encouraged to select poster-style presentation.

Contributed papers in Psychological and Physiological Acoustics and Underwater Acoustics may be scheduled for lecture or poster presentation.

Psychological and Physiological Acoustics are represented primarily at spring meetings of the ASA. However abstracts in this field will be accepted for this meeting.

While authors may indicate a preference for presentation style, it may not always be possible to honor the request. Authors should be prepared to accept assignment of their abstracts to either lecture or poster presentation.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS SUBMITTED ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB

For abstracts submitted on the World Wide Web, a Reference Code and PIN will be issued for each submitted abstract which constitutes acknowledgment that the abstract has been received by the Society. These numbers will be provided on screen in the final step in the submission process. You will not receive separate acknowledgment by e-mail.

If you do not receive acknowledgment as described above, your abstract has not been received by the Society. Please contact ASA [(516) 576-2360; asa@aip.org] immediately if you have submitted an abstract and do not receive a Reference Code and PIN.

SELECTION:
The award winners will be selected by a subcommittee of each of the Technical Committees granting awards, based upon the quality of both the content of the paper and its presentation. The awards will be announced either at the meeting of the Technical Committee or after the close of the meeting.

APPLICATION:
All those who wish to participate in the competition for these awards must indicate their intention to enter the competition
during the abstract submission process by clicking the entry box on the online submission form.

ASA BEST "OUTSTANDING PAPER BY A YOUNG PRESENTER" AWARDS

Note that you need not be a student to qualify for these two awards.

COMMITTEES OFFERING THESE AWARDS:
Noise and Signal Processing in Acoustics

AWARD AMOUNTS:Noise - Up to three awards of up to $250 each will be given for outstanding papers presented in sessions organized by the Technical Committee on Noise.

Signal Processing - One award of $500 each will be given for outstanding paper presented in a session organized by the Technical Committee on Signal Processing in Acoustics.

QUALIFICATIONS:
To qualify for an award, the paper author must:

be under 30 years of age as of 1 January 2009

be listed as the first author of the paper and actually present the paper

SELECTION:
Selection of the award winners will be based on the quality of the presented paper, comprising both the content and its delivery.
The award winners will be chosen by a subcommittee of the Technical Committee and will be announced after the close of the
meeting.

APPLICATION:
The Award Subcommittees would like to consider papers by all authors who meet the eligibility criteria. Neither membership in
the Acoustical Society, nor previous experience in the ASA, is required. Because the committees have no other way to identify
eligible authors, however, it is essential that eligible authors to indicate their intention to enter the competition during the
abstract submission process by clicking the entry box on the online submission form.

Podcasting offers an inexpensive and yet powerful way to reach people around the globe with your message in audio or video format. Leveraging our global societies' access of 24/7 web-based platforms to meet their information and learning needs, provides a vibrant distribution engine waiting for people of all disciplines to create and post their work. This tutorial will provide an overview of the basic "how-to's" of planning, producing and hosting your podcast episodes and series. Podcasting possibilities may include redistributing content, and events, supplementing learning experiences, extending the traditional classroom and integrating new opportunities. Intellectual property, copyright issues, sound production, equipment options for every budget, free software for recording, editing and production, and resources will be discussed as well. Dr. King has hosted and produced over 8 series, reached over 6 million people through her podcasting work, written 2 books and presented many seminars on this, other digital media and distance learning topics. Utilizing this experience, Dr. King will provide insight in the many different formats, audiences, hosting features, and applications of podcasting. As examples of applications, consider that podcasting can be thought of as teacher-created, student-created or already existing content. We will discuss how you might use these different forms for different valuable purposes in teaching and learning settings.

LECTURE NOTES

Lecture notes will be available at the meeting in limited supply. Those who register by 5 October are guaranteed receipt of a set of notes.

TUTORIAL LECTURE PREREGISTRATION

To partially defray the cost of the lecture a registration fee is charged. The fee is $15.00 USD for registration received by 5 October and $25.00 USD at the meeting. The fee for students with current ID cards is $7.00 USD
for registration received by 5 October and $12.00 USD at the meeting. Register online or use the downloadable registration form.

Acoustic imaging is both a tool that continues to be used and an emerging area in many disciplines. This short course will introduce how acoustic imaging is utilized on the forefront of science in four different acoustic disciplines: seismic imaging, underwater acoustic imaging, biomedical ultrasound imaging, and ultrasound imaging of speech. In oil and gas exploration, seismic imaging is used to reveal the three-dimensional geological structure of the subsurface and to determine whether subsurface reservoirs contain hydrocarbons. In the underwater realm, scientists routinely employ acoustic imaging techniques to map the sea floor and objects, both man made and natural, that lie on it. Acoustic imaging of objects suspended in the water column is an emerging area with both two and three-dimensional modalities emerging. In the biomedical realm, ultrasound is applied in heart, the abdomen, and peripheral arteries, to name a few. One of the fastest growing applications of biomedical ultrasound is image-guided therapeutics, including image-guided surgery, high intensity focused ultrasound for tumor ablation, ultrasound-enhanced thrombolysis, and ultrasound-mediated therapeutic delivery. In the case of acoustic imaging of speech, the study of human speech production has been greatly advanced by the application of imaging techniques to the study of vocal tract motions. Currently this application is widely used by researchers studying everything from motor control to speech recognition.

Objective

To introduce and demonstrate how imaging techniques are used and being developed in four acoustic disciplines: seismic imaging, underwater acoustic imaging, biomedical ultrasound imaging, and ultrasound imaging of speech.

Instructors

The short course will be taught by a team of instructors who cover a wide range of expertise in acoustic imaging. Dr. Max Deffenbaugh is a research geophysicist with ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ, who works on seismic signal processing and the estimation of rock properties from seismic data. Dr. Jules Jaffe is a Research Oceanographer at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a fellow of the ASA who has worked in the field for 25 years. Dr. Christy Holland is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. She is a fellow of both the ASA and the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, and is currently editor of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, the official Journal of the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. Dr. Maureen Stone is a Professor at the University of Maryland Dental School and a fellow of the ASA. She has used ultrasound to study normal and pathological tongue motion for almost 30 years.

5. Imaging in Speech Communication: using Ultrasound to See Speech in the Tongue

a. The history of ultrasound application to tongue measurements

b. Methods of recording and analyzing tongue images using ultrasound

c. Applications to the study of:

i. Functional anatomy and speech motor control

ii. Linguistics

iii. Speech disorders

iv. Speech recognition and synthesis

Registration

The registration fee is $250.00 USD and covers attendance, instructional materials and coffee breaks. The number of attendees will be limited so please register early to avoid disappointment. Only those who have registered by 5 October will be guaranteed receipt of instructional materials. There will be a $50.00 USD discount for registration made prior to 5 October. Full refunds will be made for cancellations prior to 5 October. Any cancellation after 5 October will be charged a $25.00 USD processing fee. Register online or use the downloadable registration form. If you miss the preregistration deadline and are interested
in attending the course, please send an email to asa@aip.org.

Requests should be made by postal mail, fax or e-mail, and should specify the committee's needs for space, room arrangement, furnishings, catering, and any special equipment. Reservations will not be taken by phone. Requesters should note that space may be limited, and that late requests can be filled only on a space-available basis.

Nonmembers who simultaneously apply for Associate Membership in the Acoustical Society of America will be given a $50 discount off their dues payment for the first year (2010) of membership. Invited speakers who are members of the Acoustical Society of America are expected to pay the registration fee, but nonmember invited speakers may register for one-day only without charge. A nonmember invited speaker who pays the full-week registration fee, will be given one free year of membership upon completion of an ASA application form.

If you register as a Nonmember Student and complete a membership application, your first year's membership dues (2010) are waived.

NOTE: A $25 PROCESSING FEE WILL BE CHARGED TO THOSE WHO WISH TO CANCEL THEIR REGISTRATION AFTER 5 OCTOBER.

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*Note: One-day registration is for participants who will attend the meeting for only one day. If you will be at the meeting for more
than one day either presenting a paper and/or attending sessions, you must register and pay the full registration fee.

2. Click on "Submit Abstract for the San Antonio meeting" from the main page

3. Enter Password: San Antonio

4. Next screen will ask you to indicate whether you wish to submit a new abstract or to view/edit a previously submitted abstract.

5. On the next screen you will enter the corresponding author's contact information, title of abstract, technical committee that covers the topic of your abstract, special session (if any), and the PACS code. Click continue when finished.

6. You will then move to the Author affiliation screen. This is where you will enter all authors names (including the corresponding author) and affiliations. Please enter authors in the order that they should appear on the abstract. One complete address and email address will be published for the first author only. Truncated addresses should be entered for all other authors. You must abbreviate as many words as possible, (e.g., Univ., Dept., St., Ave., two letter state abbreviations, etc.)

7. The next screen will contain a blank template for entering abstract text as well as additional details required for the submission process. LaTeX codes should be used for entered for boldface, italics, phonetic symbols or mathematical expressions. Please refer to the online LaTeX help link for entering special symbols or refer to pages 18 and 19 of the printed Call for Papers.

8. When you are ready for final submission of the abstract, click "Save." The next screen will contain your Reference Code and PIN for your submission. This is your acknowledgment that the abstract has been entered into the database. Please retain this number should you wish to view or edit this abstract at a later time (prior to the deadline date).

9. If you wish to view or edit your submission, select "Existing Submission" and enter your Reference Code and PIN issued at the time you submitted the abstract originally. The templates containing your abstract submission will be provided for viewing or editing. Upon completion, you will not be issued a new Reference Code and PIN.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF PAPER-COPY ABSTRACTS FOR PAPERS TO BE PRESENTED AT MEETINGS OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

1. For each meeting paper, one copy of a typed or printed abstract should be sent to the Technical Program Chair of the meeting in time to be received by Monday, 22 June 2009. Allow at least 5 days for delivery within the U.S., and longer from other countries. The deadline date and Chair's address can be found in the "Abstract Submission Guidelines" section of this Call for Papers. If the paper has been invited for a special session, another copy of the abstract should be sent to the session organizer at least a week before the deadline. Telefaxed abstracts will not be accepted. A cover letter is not necessary.

2. Limit abstract to 200 words. Count each word in the body of the abstract but do not count title or authors' names and addresses. Indicate number of words in the abstract at the bottom of the sheet. Displayed equations that are set apart from the text count as 40 words. The Program Organizing Committee has the option to alter abstracts to bring them into compliance with the 200-word limit.

3. Use the format shown in the sample abstract. The paper title and author's name, affiliation, and address should be in a heading set apart from the abstract text. The author's affiliation and address should be set within parentheses, and should be sufficiently complete to ensure delivery of the acceptance notice. If there is more than one author, give the complete address for the author who is to receive the notice. For each of the other authors, give one complete address. One e-mail address will be included in the printed program for each abstract. This should appear immediately after the mailing address for the author whose e-mail address is to be listed.

4. The entire abstract, consisting of the heading, text and the information requested in Section 9 below, must fit on one side of an 8½ x 11-in. or A-4 sheet of paper. The heading and text should be typed or printed double spaced (3 lines/inch), with 10 or 12-point font; but the information requested in Section 9 may be single spaced.

5. Do not use footnotes. References and acknowledgments should be set within square brackets. References should be in standard JASA format, viz., in the sequence: authors, abbreviated journal name, volume number, first and last page numbers, and year.

6. Underline nothing except what is to be italicized.

7. Use passives instead of pronouns "I" and "we," e.g., "It was noted" instead of "We noted." Avoid use of non-standard abbreviations in abstract title. For example, use dB or Hz but avoid use of abbreviations which are not used across many technical areas such as HRTF, NDE, etc.

8. If the letter "I" appears as a symbol, loop the letter by hand to form a long-hand and write "lc ell" in the margin, so as to distinguish it from the number one. If the letter "O" may be confused with the number zero, write "cap oh" in the margin. Identify phonetic symbols by appropriate marginal notes.

9. Give the following information at the bottom of the abstract, as in the sample below:

a. Indicate the number of words in the body of the abstract (see item 2 above)

b. If the paper is intended for a special session, indicate the session title. If invited, state "Invited."

d. The name, telephone and telefax numbers (with country and city codes if outside the U.S.) and e-mail address of the author to be contacted for information. Notices and other correspondence will be sent to the author who is listed as the first author in the heading unless stated otherwise at the bottom of the abstract.

e. Describe special equipment desired for the presentation other than a PC computer with stereo audio playback capability, computer projector or laser pointer. Note that facilities for VCR's and monitors, CD players, etc. are considered special equipment. See the section on audio visual equipment for further details.

f. Indicate a preference (if any) for lecture or poster presentation. If only a lecture presentation is desired, state "Lecture Only," in which case the paper may not be accepted if time is not available. Contributed papers in Speech Communication are encouraged to be submitted for poster presentation.

g. List one complete PACS subject classification number including letters (for example, 43.28.Ae) under which the abstract should be indexed in the braces following PACS (see the PACS list, in a recent June or December issue of JASA or via ftp in the /PACS directory of ftp.aip.org)